Drama program prepares for fall play ‘The Crucible’ September 24, 2022 — by Andrew Lin and Victoria Lin During a recent rehearsal, senior Olivia Smith said, “And mark this … I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” Smith was cast as Abigail Williams, a character in the play “The Crucible.” Her character is in love with John […] read more » New CBI teacher teaches vital skills to students September 24, 2022 — by Skyler Mao and Annie Liu Leif Bostrom is the newest special education instructor at the school and is working in the Community-Based Instruction program. Having taught for 17 years in the East Bay and San Jose, Bostrom has been interested in community-based programs similar to the one at the school. He works with a team of three teachers to better […] read more » Link Crew returns for another successful freshman orientation September 24, 2022 — by Kavya Patel On Aug. 17, almost 300 freshmen piled into the Large Gym with their heads down and eyes trained on the ground as dozens of Link Crew leaders applauded and welcomed the Class of ‘26 to the school. Orientation began at 8 a.m. and ended around noon, with Togo’s sandwiches served to students and staff for […] read more » Journalism room updated with new computer lab September 24, 2022 — by Christopher Chen On-track for a roughly 7-year cycle, Room 303, the journalism room, was upgraded at the start of the fall semester with 32 new iMacs and peripherals, replacing the older 2014 iMacs that had replaced the 2007 iMacs before them. Los-Gatos Saratoga Union High School District technology director Julie Grenier said the district aims for 5- […] read more » Food Truck Festival deemed great success, $300 raised September 23, 2022 — by Sam Bai and Leyna Chan The staff parking lot was crowded with food trucks, bean bag tosses, a bouncy house and students for the back to school Food Truck Festival on Aug. 16. Each grade hosted a booth and food truck to fundraise for their class. The food trucks present served sandwiches, fruit skewers, tacos, Kona Ice, Chipotle chips and […] read more » Safine leaves district admin role to return to counseling September 23, 2022 — by Maggie Zeng and Zachary Zinman After guidance department chair Alinna Satake left for a new job in the Los Altos Mountain View district last spring, an unexpected but welcome candidate applied for the vacancy: Brian Safine, who resigned from his post as the district’s director of human resources to take a role he had held years before. Safine, a self-deemed […] read more » School takes a step toward a greener campus September 23, 2022 — by William Norwood and Maggie Zeng As carbon emissions have continued to rise and environmental damage worsen, some students are attempting to bring the campus’s reputation for sustainability on par with its academic excellence. After trying to work on these goals through the ASB club Green Team and feeling the school did not achieve enough of its goals, Class of 2022 […] read more » Vanry retires after 12 years at school, Tarbox now teaching visual arts September 23, 2022 — by Lynn Dai After visual arts teacher Diana Vanry — who taught Arts 1, 2, 3, 4 Honors and AP Drawing, as well as Ceramics 1, 2 and 3 — retired at the end of the 2021-22 school year, Media Arts Program teacher Joel Tarbox has taken over all the art courses while continuing to teach AP Art […] read more » Parents return to campus after two years of online Back to School Nights September 22, 2022 — by Saachi Jain Parents gathered in the quad awaiting remarks from principal Greg Louie to kick off Back to School Night on the evening of Sept. 7. This year marked the first time the event was held in person since 2020. At 5:45 p.m, many parents packed into the MAP Annex, attending an orientation for students in the […] read more » New bell schedule met with approval from students and staff September 22, 2022 — by Daniel Wu Senior Harrison Hwang calmly strolled out of class on a recent day. With a rigorous course load stacked full of AP classes, most would assume Harrison had a mountain of work awaiting him at home. However, Hwang said he had already completed his homework for the day at least in part thanks to the reintroduction […] read more » firstprevious...10...1617181920...3040506070...nextlast
New CBI teacher teaches vital skills to students September 24, 2022 — by Skyler Mao and Annie Liu Leif Bostrom is the newest special education instructor at the school and is working in the Community-Based Instruction program. Having taught for 17 years in the East Bay and San Jose, Bostrom has been interested in community-based programs similar to the one at the school. He works with a team of three teachers to better […] read more » Link Crew returns for another successful freshman orientation September 24, 2022 — by Kavya Patel On Aug. 17, almost 300 freshmen piled into the Large Gym with their heads down and eyes trained on the ground as dozens of Link Crew leaders applauded and welcomed the Class of ‘26 to the school. Orientation began at 8 a.m. and ended around noon, with Togo’s sandwiches served to students and staff for […] read more » Journalism room updated with new computer lab September 24, 2022 — by Christopher Chen On-track for a roughly 7-year cycle, Room 303, the journalism room, was upgraded at the start of the fall semester with 32 new iMacs and peripherals, replacing the older 2014 iMacs that had replaced the 2007 iMacs before them. Los-Gatos Saratoga Union High School District technology director Julie Grenier said the district aims for 5- […] read more » Food Truck Festival deemed great success, $300 raised September 23, 2022 — by Sam Bai and Leyna Chan The staff parking lot was crowded with food trucks, bean bag tosses, a bouncy house and students for the back to school Food Truck Festival on Aug. 16. Each grade hosted a booth and food truck to fundraise for their class. The food trucks present served sandwiches, fruit skewers, tacos, Kona Ice, Chipotle chips and […] read more » Safine leaves district admin role to return to counseling September 23, 2022 — by Maggie Zeng and Zachary Zinman After guidance department chair Alinna Satake left for a new job in the Los Altos Mountain View district last spring, an unexpected but welcome candidate applied for the vacancy: Brian Safine, who resigned from his post as the district’s director of human resources to take a role he had held years before. Safine, a self-deemed […] read more » School takes a step toward a greener campus September 23, 2022 — by William Norwood and Maggie Zeng As carbon emissions have continued to rise and environmental damage worsen, some students are attempting to bring the campus’s reputation for sustainability on par with its academic excellence. After trying to work on these goals through the ASB club Green Team and feeling the school did not achieve enough of its goals, Class of 2022 […] read more » Vanry retires after 12 years at school, Tarbox now teaching visual arts September 23, 2022 — by Lynn Dai After visual arts teacher Diana Vanry — who taught Arts 1, 2, 3, 4 Honors and AP Drawing, as well as Ceramics 1, 2 and 3 — retired at the end of the 2021-22 school year, Media Arts Program teacher Joel Tarbox has taken over all the art courses while continuing to teach AP Art […] read more » Parents return to campus after two years of online Back to School Nights September 22, 2022 — by Saachi Jain Parents gathered in the quad awaiting remarks from principal Greg Louie to kick off Back to School Night on the evening of Sept. 7. This year marked the first time the event was held in person since 2020. At 5:45 p.m, many parents packed into the MAP Annex, attending an orientation for students in the […] read more » New bell schedule met with approval from students and staff September 22, 2022 — by Daniel Wu Senior Harrison Hwang calmly strolled out of class on a recent day. With a rigorous course load stacked full of AP classes, most would assume Harrison had a mountain of work awaiting him at home. However, Hwang said he had already completed his homework for the day at least in part thanks to the reintroduction […] read more » firstprevious...10...1617181920...3040506070...nextlast
Link Crew returns for another successful freshman orientation September 24, 2022 — by Kavya Patel On Aug. 17, almost 300 freshmen piled into the Large Gym with their heads down and eyes trained on the ground as dozens of Link Crew leaders applauded and welcomed the Class of ‘26 to the school. Orientation began at 8 a.m. and ended around noon, with Togo’s sandwiches served to students and staff for […] read more » Journalism room updated with new computer lab September 24, 2022 — by Christopher Chen On-track for a roughly 7-year cycle, Room 303, the journalism room, was upgraded at the start of the fall semester with 32 new iMacs and peripherals, replacing the older 2014 iMacs that had replaced the 2007 iMacs before them. Los-Gatos Saratoga Union High School District technology director Julie Grenier said the district aims for 5- […] read more » Food Truck Festival deemed great success, $300 raised September 23, 2022 — by Sam Bai and Leyna Chan The staff parking lot was crowded with food trucks, bean bag tosses, a bouncy house and students for the back to school Food Truck Festival on Aug. 16. Each grade hosted a booth and food truck to fundraise for their class. The food trucks present served sandwiches, fruit skewers, tacos, Kona Ice, Chipotle chips and […] read more » Safine leaves district admin role to return to counseling September 23, 2022 — by Maggie Zeng and Zachary Zinman After guidance department chair Alinna Satake left for a new job in the Los Altos Mountain View district last spring, an unexpected but welcome candidate applied for the vacancy: Brian Safine, who resigned from his post as the district’s director of human resources to take a role he had held years before. Safine, a self-deemed […] read more » School takes a step toward a greener campus September 23, 2022 — by William Norwood and Maggie Zeng As carbon emissions have continued to rise and environmental damage worsen, some students are attempting to bring the campus’s reputation for sustainability on par with its academic excellence. After trying to work on these goals through the ASB club Green Team and feeling the school did not achieve enough of its goals, Class of 2022 […] read more » Vanry retires after 12 years at school, Tarbox now teaching visual arts September 23, 2022 — by Lynn Dai After visual arts teacher Diana Vanry — who taught Arts 1, 2, 3, 4 Honors and AP Drawing, as well as Ceramics 1, 2 and 3 — retired at the end of the 2021-22 school year, Media Arts Program teacher Joel Tarbox has taken over all the art courses while continuing to teach AP Art […] read more » Parents return to campus after two years of online Back to School Nights September 22, 2022 — by Saachi Jain Parents gathered in the quad awaiting remarks from principal Greg Louie to kick off Back to School Night on the evening of Sept. 7. This year marked the first time the event was held in person since 2020. At 5:45 p.m, many parents packed into the MAP Annex, attending an orientation for students in the […] read more » New bell schedule met with approval from students and staff September 22, 2022 — by Daniel Wu Senior Harrison Hwang calmly strolled out of class on a recent day. With a rigorous course load stacked full of AP classes, most would assume Harrison had a mountain of work awaiting him at home. However, Hwang said he had already completed his homework for the day at least in part thanks to the reintroduction […] read more » firstprevious...10...1617181920...3040506070...nextlast
Journalism room updated with new computer lab September 24, 2022 — by Christopher Chen On-track for a roughly 7-year cycle, Room 303, the journalism room, was upgraded at the start of the fall semester with 32 new iMacs and peripherals, replacing the older 2014 iMacs that had replaced the 2007 iMacs before them. Los-Gatos Saratoga Union High School District technology director Julie Grenier said the district aims for 5- […] read more » Food Truck Festival deemed great success, $300 raised September 23, 2022 — by Sam Bai and Leyna Chan The staff parking lot was crowded with food trucks, bean bag tosses, a bouncy house and students for the back to school Food Truck Festival on Aug. 16. Each grade hosted a booth and food truck to fundraise for their class. The food trucks present served sandwiches, fruit skewers, tacos, Kona Ice, Chipotle chips and […] read more » Safine leaves district admin role to return to counseling September 23, 2022 — by Maggie Zeng and Zachary Zinman After guidance department chair Alinna Satake left for a new job in the Los Altos Mountain View district last spring, an unexpected but welcome candidate applied for the vacancy: Brian Safine, who resigned from his post as the district’s director of human resources to take a role he had held years before. Safine, a self-deemed […] read more » School takes a step toward a greener campus September 23, 2022 — by William Norwood and Maggie Zeng As carbon emissions have continued to rise and environmental damage worsen, some students are attempting to bring the campus’s reputation for sustainability on par with its academic excellence. After trying to work on these goals through the ASB club Green Team and feeling the school did not achieve enough of its goals, Class of 2022 […] read more » Vanry retires after 12 years at school, Tarbox now teaching visual arts September 23, 2022 — by Lynn Dai After visual arts teacher Diana Vanry — who taught Arts 1, 2, 3, 4 Honors and AP Drawing, as well as Ceramics 1, 2 and 3 — retired at the end of the 2021-22 school year, Media Arts Program teacher Joel Tarbox has taken over all the art courses while continuing to teach AP Art […] read more » Parents return to campus after two years of online Back to School Nights September 22, 2022 — by Saachi Jain Parents gathered in the quad awaiting remarks from principal Greg Louie to kick off Back to School Night on the evening of Sept. 7. This year marked the first time the event was held in person since 2020. At 5:45 p.m, many parents packed into the MAP Annex, attending an orientation for students in the […] read more » New bell schedule met with approval from students and staff September 22, 2022 — by Daniel Wu Senior Harrison Hwang calmly strolled out of class on a recent day. With a rigorous course load stacked full of AP classes, most would assume Harrison had a mountain of work awaiting him at home. However, Hwang said he had already completed his homework for the day at least in part thanks to the reintroduction […] read more » firstprevious...10...1617181920...3040506070...nextlast
Food Truck Festival deemed great success, $300 raised September 23, 2022 — by Sam Bai and Leyna Chan The staff parking lot was crowded with food trucks, bean bag tosses, a bouncy house and students for the back to school Food Truck Festival on Aug. 16. Each grade hosted a booth and food truck to fundraise for their class. The food trucks present served sandwiches, fruit skewers, tacos, Kona Ice, Chipotle chips and […] read more » Safine leaves district admin role to return to counseling September 23, 2022 — by Maggie Zeng and Zachary Zinman After guidance department chair Alinna Satake left for a new job in the Los Altos Mountain View district last spring, an unexpected but welcome candidate applied for the vacancy: Brian Safine, who resigned from his post as the district’s director of human resources to take a role he had held years before. Safine, a self-deemed […] read more » School takes a step toward a greener campus September 23, 2022 — by William Norwood and Maggie Zeng As carbon emissions have continued to rise and environmental damage worsen, some students are attempting to bring the campus’s reputation for sustainability on par with its academic excellence. After trying to work on these goals through the ASB club Green Team and feeling the school did not achieve enough of its goals, Class of 2022 […] read more » Vanry retires after 12 years at school, Tarbox now teaching visual arts September 23, 2022 — by Lynn Dai After visual arts teacher Diana Vanry — who taught Arts 1, 2, 3, 4 Honors and AP Drawing, as well as Ceramics 1, 2 and 3 — retired at the end of the 2021-22 school year, Media Arts Program teacher Joel Tarbox has taken over all the art courses while continuing to teach AP Art […] read more » Parents return to campus after two years of online Back to School Nights September 22, 2022 — by Saachi Jain Parents gathered in the quad awaiting remarks from principal Greg Louie to kick off Back to School Night on the evening of Sept. 7. This year marked the first time the event was held in person since 2020. At 5:45 p.m, many parents packed into the MAP Annex, attending an orientation for students in the […] read more » New bell schedule met with approval from students and staff September 22, 2022 — by Daniel Wu Senior Harrison Hwang calmly strolled out of class on a recent day. With a rigorous course load stacked full of AP classes, most would assume Harrison had a mountain of work awaiting him at home. However, Hwang said he had already completed his homework for the day at least in part thanks to the reintroduction […] read more » firstprevious...10...1617181920...3040506070...nextlast
Safine leaves district admin role to return to counseling September 23, 2022 — by Maggie Zeng and Zachary Zinman After guidance department chair Alinna Satake left for a new job in the Los Altos Mountain View district last spring, an unexpected but welcome candidate applied for the vacancy: Brian Safine, who resigned from his post as the district’s director of human resources to take a role he had held years before. Safine, a self-deemed […] read more » School takes a step toward a greener campus September 23, 2022 — by William Norwood and Maggie Zeng As carbon emissions have continued to rise and environmental damage worsen, some students are attempting to bring the campus’s reputation for sustainability on par with its academic excellence. After trying to work on these goals through the ASB club Green Team and feeling the school did not achieve enough of its goals, Class of 2022 […] read more » Vanry retires after 12 years at school, Tarbox now teaching visual arts September 23, 2022 — by Lynn Dai After visual arts teacher Diana Vanry — who taught Arts 1, 2, 3, 4 Honors and AP Drawing, as well as Ceramics 1, 2 and 3 — retired at the end of the 2021-22 school year, Media Arts Program teacher Joel Tarbox has taken over all the art courses while continuing to teach AP Art […] read more » Parents return to campus after two years of online Back to School Nights September 22, 2022 — by Saachi Jain Parents gathered in the quad awaiting remarks from principal Greg Louie to kick off Back to School Night on the evening of Sept. 7. This year marked the first time the event was held in person since 2020. At 5:45 p.m, many parents packed into the MAP Annex, attending an orientation for students in the […] read more » New bell schedule met with approval from students and staff September 22, 2022 — by Daniel Wu Senior Harrison Hwang calmly strolled out of class on a recent day. With a rigorous course load stacked full of AP classes, most would assume Harrison had a mountain of work awaiting him at home. However, Hwang said he had already completed his homework for the day at least in part thanks to the reintroduction […] read more » firstprevious...10...1617181920...3040506070...nextlast
School takes a step toward a greener campus September 23, 2022 — by William Norwood and Maggie Zeng As carbon emissions have continued to rise and environmental damage worsen, some students are attempting to bring the campus’s reputation for sustainability on par with its academic excellence. After trying to work on these goals through the ASB club Green Team and feeling the school did not achieve enough of its goals, Class of 2022 […] read more » Vanry retires after 12 years at school, Tarbox now teaching visual arts September 23, 2022 — by Lynn Dai After visual arts teacher Diana Vanry — who taught Arts 1, 2, 3, 4 Honors and AP Drawing, as well as Ceramics 1, 2 and 3 — retired at the end of the 2021-22 school year, Media Arts Program teacher Joel Tarbox has taken over all the art courses while continuing to teach AP Art […] read more » Parents return to campus after two years of online Back to School Nights September 22, 2022 — by Saachi Jain Parents gathered in the quad awaiting remarks from principal Greg Louie to kick off Back to School Night on the evening of Sept. 7. This year marked the first time the event was held in person since 2020. At 5:45 p.m, many parents packed into the MAP Annex, attending an orientation for students in the […] read more » New bell schedule met with approval from students and staff September 22, 2022 — by Daniel Wu Senior Harrison Hwang calmly strolled out of class on a recent day. With a rigorous course load stacked full of AP classes, most would assume Harrison had a mountain of work awaiting him at home. However, Hwang said he had already completed his homework for the day at least in part thanks to the reintroduction […] read more » firstprevious...10...1617181920...3040506070...nextlast
Vanry retires after 12 years at school, Tarbox now teaching visual arts September 23, 2022 — by Lynn Dai After visual arts teacher Diana Vanry — who taught Arts 1, 2, 3, 4 Honors and AP Drawing, as well as Ceramics 1, 2 and 3 — retired at the end of the 2021-22 school year, Media Arts Program teacher Joel Tarbox has taken over all the art courses while continuing to teach AP Art […] read more » Parents return to campus after two years of online Back to School Nights September 22, 2022 — by Saachi Jain Parents gathered in the quad awaiting remarks from principal Greg Louie to kick off Back to School Night on the evening of Sept. 7. This year marked the first time the event was held in person since 2020. At 5:45 p.m, many parents packed into the MAP Annex, attending an orientation for students in the […] read more » New bell schedule met with approval from students and staff September 22, 2022 — by Daniel Wu Senior Harrison Hwang calmly strolled out of class on a recent day. With a rigorous course load stacked full of AP classes, most would assume Harrison had a mountain of work awaiting him at home. However, Hwang said he had already completed his homework for the day at least in part thanks to the reintroduction […] read more » firstprevious...10...1617181920...3040506070...nextlast
Parents return to campus after two years of online Back to School Nights September 22, 2022 — by Saachi Jain Parents gathered in the quad awaiting remarks from principal Greg Louie to kick off Back to School Night on the evening of Sept. 7. This year marked the first time the event was held in person since 2020. At 5:45 p.m, many parents packed into the MAP Annex, attending an orientation for students in the […] read more » New bell schedule met with approval from students and staff September 22, 2022 — by Daniel Wu Senior Harrison Hwang calmly strolled out of class on a recent day. With a rigorous course load stacked full of AP classes, most would assume Harrison had a mountain of work awaiting him at home. However, Hwang said he had already completed his homework for the day at least in part thanks to the reintroduction […] read more » firstprevious...10...1617181920...3040506070...nextlast
New bell schedule met with approval from students and staff September 22, 2022 — by Daniel Wu Senior Harrison Hwang calmly strolled out of class on a recent day. With a rigorous course load stacked full of AP classes, most would assume Harrison had a mountain of work awaiting him at home. However, Hwang said he had already completed his homework for the day at least in part thanks to the reintroduction […] read more » firstprevious...10...1617181920...3040506070...nextlast